Science and art combine in this amazing and simple rainbow experiment. The kids will love to make, explore and paint rainbows,

Download worksheets and activities on short vowels a, e, i, o, u for kindergarten. Listen and identify short vowels or middle sounds. Free printable include

Try these fun and educational activities for kids. Make a volcano, a tornado, glitter jars (like snow globes), giant bubbles, dry ice bubbles, and more.

5 actividades con botones para niños, 5 actividades para aprender jugando.

Self introduction is a basic thing every student need to do in the classes. Here, we have prepared a worksheet based on self introduction for kids. It will help them to give a self introduction to others about them. it contains 3 pages. You can download the PDF below, Download: Self Introduction Worksheet for kids

Reducing Problem Behaviour using a function based intervention. Here I combined the first and then with the three star reward token boards and came up with this Behaviour Management Tool. Everythin…

AMPLIFYING your ESL instruction is all about increasing comprehensible input for your students. In other words, ELLs learn best when you use instructional strategies that make your teaching (input) as easy to understand as possible (comprehensible). Makes sense, right? Amplification strategies are easy to adapt to whatever content you are teaching, and they are naturally differentiating (meaning students of all language abilities will benefit from their use). AMPLIFICATION STRATEGY: Use realia and hands-on activities Realia is a fancy word for everyday objects. You are using realia whenever you show your students actual objects (rather than an image or explanation of the object). Even something as simple as using real coins during math lessons counts as realia. Research shows us that the more ways we allow students to interact with the material we teach, the better they learn it. Realia and hands-on activities encourage students to participate and interact to the fullest. By handling, manipulating, and observing objects, ELLs are able to use more than just language to help them construct meaning. They are receiving information through interacting with the objects you present, which helps them understand your lesson in a deeper way. We've created a sample Five Senses unit to give you an idea of how easy it is to incorporate realia and hands-on activities into your teaching. Remember, amplification strategies can be added to any lesson to make it more comprehensible for ELLs! Below are a few ideas to get your wheels turning. 1.) Assemble a collection of objects. Have each student pick an object (secretly, if you want to add some drama) to describe using their five senses. They can write their description as a paragraph if they're more advanced students, or in list form if their English skills are intermediate. A true beginner may decide to create a drawing with labels or select from a collection of words you’ve supplied in a word bank. Pre-literate students may give an oral description of their objects. Allowing students to choose how to participate in this activity gives you the opportunity to assess their mastery of the content, regardless of their language abilities. 2.) Read “touch and feel” books. These relatively simple books are wonderful for helping students understand the more subtle variations in texture that we try to describe. They may seem inappropriate for older ELLs, but a more advanced activity could include asking the students to feel the texture and then come up with an appropriate word to describe its feel. Providing a word bank or the first letter of the target word makes this exercise slightly easier. Usborne has a series of books that are great for teaching vocabulary words about the sense of touch. In each of these books, a mouse is searching for something, but each time he thinks he’s found it, he realizes “it’s too (insert vocabulary word here).” The accompanying pictures allow students to feel the texture while hearing the word that describes the feeling. You can find many of the books in this series on amazon.com. 3.) Brainstorm a list of words that describe touch and texture with your students. Then ask them to go out and find objects that illustrate those words. Your class can create a poster of the different vocabulary words and objects they find. If you allow students access to this poster throughout the year, even beginner ELLs will be able to incorporate more advanced vocabulary into their writing. These sensory words are very useful when teaching students to "stretch their writing" in Small Moments units! For added cuteness, young students could trace their hands or even make a handprint using paint. The bottom line: Integrating hands-on experiences whenever possible is an important way to reinforce new concepts and vocabulary for ELLs. It encourages students of all language levels to participate to their abilities and is naturally differentiating. Not to mention, it motivates students, helps them stay focused (especially those kinesthetic learners), and encourages interaction with peers. Did you find this post helpful? Check out some of our other posts for more ideas about amplifying for ELLs. Here you'll find a printable list of questions for parents to ask their children to encourage deeper reading comprehension. For more tips on involving families in their children's schooling, visit our ELL Family Resources page and print out some of the forms on our post about parent communication. Want more suggestions foranchor charts and graphic organizers? Or take our quiz to find out how you're doing in terms of amplifying instruction for the ELLs in your classroom.

Bumped into this one on Pinterest. I LOVE this!! Perfect for the desk of the school psychologist, or any therapy clinician working on emotions and social skills! [Source: Skizzenblog] Download the Free Template HERE

Girls in STEM is a hot topic and these books bring that important topic into your reading nook. These books about girls in stem are rad!

I love having a science lab in my own kitchen! I don't really understand the physics of what’s happening when each of those balls bounces, but it sure is fun to experiment with the kids. This...

I know it's late and it's almost not even Friday anymore but I wanted to link up with First Grade Parade to share my favorite pins of the week!! My Five Favorite Pins of the Week - 1. A recipe which is kinda funny because I CAN'T cook.....like not at all...... Click on the picture to go to the site. This is for Bourbon Chicken. We LOVE Bourbon Chicken from the little restaurant at the mall. I am just not sure we would love it if I cooked it. Besides it has about 20 ingredients so this is probably a "pin and never do". Do you have any of those? 2. For my classroom decor - You can click on it to go to the site but it doesn't go to the how to, just to a main page. I have two old TV stands like the top and I hope to be able to redo them before school starts to look cute and stylish like the bottom although I may leave the wheels on it. 3. For my home decor - Sadly, this link is for a session at a store on how to make it and not instructions. I need to find instructions on how to make this and make myself one for my front door. This is perfect for fall!! I would change the green ribbon at the top to more green mesh stuff though. 4. For my classroom lessons - Oh my goodness!!! This is the cutest game ever!! Mrs. Prince tells you all about it on her blog if you click the picture. I can't wait to play this game with my kiddos this fall! 5. For my classroom lessons during the first week - Oh isn't this the greatest thing ever!?!??!?!? I want to make one and leave it up on my wall YEAR ROUND to remind my students of how a great classmate acts! Thanks for hanging out with me tonight as I looked through my pins this week! As promised, your flash freebie is my Apple Alphabet Bingo! It will only be a freebie until tomorrow night around this time so hurry over to TPT and grab it. This game comes with 26 alphabet bingo cards for the students to use as well as 26 apple cards with each letter of the alphabet on them to use when calling. If you do download my Apple Alphabet Bingo, please leave me feedback! THANKS!!! Have a great weekend!

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FREE science emergent reader book about the human body systems. Great science activity for preschool and kindergarten.

Anger is probably the #1 issue the kids I work with deal with. In this post you will find many great links, worksheets, and resources for addressing anger in children of all ages. One of my favorit…

Follow these five steps to teach a child to read. Helpful for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers that are teaching beginning readers.

Want to see if a layer of blubber can really help you stay warm in icy water? Try this arctic animals science experiment to experience it.

Sometimes when working with young children on the production of speech sounds, it is helpful to provide the little one’s with a fun label, or name, for the sound(s) you are teaching. Providing a visual cue to go along with the label is also very helpful, to provide multisensory instruction. Several years ago I asked […]

Students learn in a variety of ways. Teaching English with hands-on activities can help language students learn and practice English vocabulary, grammar, concepts, and ideas. Here are six hands-on activities and games for teaching English + illustrations

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the other lion I'm Erika and I blog over at theotherlion . One of the coolest things about working in a special education preschool room...

Let's explore air pressure with kids with these fun and easy science experiments that work for kids of all ages, even toddlers and preschoolers. Here are

A 367-page workbook that builds on the foundational precepts introduced in the Learning the Alphabet Level 1, providing a review to enable students to improve these skills and learn more advanced skills.

How to make a thaumatrope. Mix art and science to teach about the persistence of vision with this old fashioned DIY toy.

Crafty things to make out of clothespins make for easy DIY decorating and kids crafts. Here are pictured tutorials on how to make clothespin dolls, clothespin wreaths and decor, homemade gifts and even some educational clothespin games for kids. Crafty Things To Make 1. How to make a Clothespin Backdrop ~ All you'll need is 4 colors of spray paint, wood clothespins, a clothesline and push pins. 2. DIY End Table Clothespin Detail ~ To attach clothespins along a tabletop edge, dab wood glue on the back of each clothespin, press against the table's edge, then nail into place at

In the previous post, I talked about using voice cards as visual aids. In this post, I will explain a couple activities that use the visual aids. At the bottom of the post, you can download the pdf and print them for free! Name Game For 1st grade and kindergarten, I always review voices on their first music class of the year when we are doing name games. We do simple echos: Teacher: "My name is Mrs. Dennis" Class: "Her name is Mrs. Dennis" Student: "My name is Joshua." Class: "His name is Joshua." thekinderkid.blogspot.com After we go once around the circle learning names, I introduce the voices with the cards. (I also tie this to our school-wide voice level system. I do not have a picture of our voice level posters, but I found a similar one from The Kinder Kid. Our numbers and levels are the same, but we don't have the cute clipart.) When the students understand the voice levels, we get to go around the circle again saying our name to the beat, but this time each student secretly picks a voice (whisper, speaking, calling, singing). We must echo using the same voice and then I ask the class what type of voice they used. Voice level zero For the past 3 years, since I have been relating these voices to the voice level number, the kids always ask to say their names with voice level zero. We now call it "Magic Lips". Anytime I want the kids to move their lips without making a sound, I ask them to use Magic Lips. I actually use this with all grade levels. I usually ask for Magic Lips when I had the kids patting a rhythm while saying a poem and then I want to hear their patting by itself. I also ask for Magic Lips when students are using Curwen hand signs and I want them to stop singing and focus on the pitch levels. Acka Backa I use the voice cards often in repetitive games, just to break up the monotony. One example is an elimination game: "Acka Backa." Here is the poem if you are not familiar with it: Acka Backa, soda cracker Acka Backa, boo Acka Backa, soda cracker Out goes you! There are many variations to the words; you may know a different version, but this is how we play. This is a simple elimination game. To prepare the students, I have them stand in a circle and pass a ball around to the steady beat. We first practice passing to the beat at different tempos. I usually hold a buffalo drum and stand inside the circle showing where the ball should be. If the ball passes up the drum, they know they are going too fast. When they are focused on the beat, we introduce the poem and the rules. The last person to hold the ball on "you" leaves the circle. The student gets to go to my chair where I have the voice cards laying face down. They pick a card to tell us which voice to use next and then they get to mix them up again for the next person. Elimination games are always tough for the kids who always want to win, but going to select a card seems to ease the disappointment that they are out of the game. Free Printable: Voice Cards (whisper, speaking, calling, singing) I suggest printing them on white cardstock and laminating them.

You have to see this fun drawing game for kids we played at our art summer camp in our children's art studio in Charlotte, NC.

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Body awareness and being able to identify body parts is an important aspect of a child’s development. Knowing the different body parts can help children learn how to follow instructions (clean your hands vs clean your nose) or express themselves (my tummy hurts vs my hand hurts). Typically, children would start pointing to different parts of their body when an adult names them between 15 to 18 months, and would start labeling them by the age of 2. Learning different body parts can be challenging